40 knives extracted from man's stomach

A man from Punjab's Amritsar has been found with an unusual habit of consuming knives.The matter came to light after doctors operated upon Surjeet Singh, a policeman, and extracted 40 knives from his stomach.Updated: August 21, 2016, 21:59 IST

Amritsar: A man from Punjab's Amritsar has been found with an unusual habit of consuming knives. The matter came to light after doctors operated upon Surjeet Singh, a policeman, and extracted 40 knives from his stomach.

Dr Jitendra Malhotra, MD of Corporate Hospital said Singh had come to them complaining of stomach-ache and weight-loss. "We had no information about his diagnosis. After doing an ultrasound, we found out that there is some solid object inside his stomach having the shape of a cancer," he said.

"When we conducted a biopsy, we found there were some pointed, sharp knife-like objects. It was then only the patient told us that he suffered from an uncontrollable urge to consume knives," Malhotra said.

The doctor said they constituted a team of five doctors and successfully carried out the surgery which went on for about five hours. "To ensure that there were no knives left, we did a metallic scan," he said.

Singh, however, said that he is feeling fine and healthy after the operation. agencies